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Oklahoma City, OK

Stopped trains at NE 10th turn a 10-minute drive into 35.

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Summary

MetroOKC metro
RailroadsBNSF · Union Pacific · Stillwater Central
Open at-grade crossings140
Vehicles a day crossing tracks at grade594,908
Busiest crossing in the modelNE 10th St (Automobile Alley) (012098P): 14,700 vehicles/day, 18 trains/day
Funding1 award on record (see below)
Data sourceFRA Crossing Inventory, retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Traffic counts on several OKC BNSF crossings date to 1987–88 and likely understate today's traffic.

Blockage scenario

Time
$332K
15,262 person-hours a year
Trade
693
truck-hours a year, worth $25K in driver time
Pollution
27 t
CO₂ from 2,951 gallons idled, like 5.9 cars for a year

Based on an Oklahoman column describing 10–20 minute stops near NW 10th and Broadway, three times in one week.

Blockages modeled per crossing per year156
Vehicles stopped by one blockage527
Trucks stopped by one blockage36
Person-hours lost per year15,262
Value of lost time per year$332K
Truck-hours idled per year693
Gallons of fuel idled per year2,951
CO₂ per year (metric tons)27

Screening estimate. Each selected crossing is blocked for the set time; drivers wait half of it on average. Method and sources

Crossings in the model

CrossingUSDOT IDVehicles/dayCount yearTrains/dayTrucks
012098P14,7001987186%
012080E14,5161988196%
012124C11,2001987209%
012248V10,184198718~6.4%

Uncheck a crossing to remove it from the scenario. "~" truck shares use the city's traffic-weighted average where the inventory reports none.

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